Dream Of Demons While You Sleep
Annabelle Is That You?
“Fuck tart wake up!” Jenna screamed in my ear. My eyes fluttered open.
“What?”
“I hate to admit it but you did a good job twit” I nodded and went to go back to sleep. Slap. “I didn’t tell you, you could sleep yet!” I put my hand on the cheek she’d slapped. Only to be slapped again “Did I say one lily or did I say lily’s?” she asked,
“Lily’s” I said quietly
“Exactly! Why have I got one big lily in the middle of the kitchen?”
“I’m going to do small lily’s tomorrow” another slap,
“That’s what you said yesterday you little brat!”
“I promise I will” another slap and she stormed off. I curled up and cried, I stood up and walked out side, I was in shorts and a singlet. The night’s cold air hit me. I ignored it and walked next door. I grabbed a rock off the floor and threw it at William’s window. No answer, I picked up another one and threw it. This time William’s figure appeared in the window rubbing his eyes lightly. He looked down at me; I waved my arms in the air. He disappeared from the window and just as quickly was at the door.
“Annabelle is that you?” he asked his voice tired.
“Yeah” I walked closer to the door,
“Why are you here?” he asked yawning.
“She hit me again, I didn’t want to stay there, sorry if you want I’ll go” I turned around and started to walk back to the house. He ran up and grabbed my arm.
“No, stay” he said. He pulled me inside and up to his room making sure he didn’t make much noise. We got into his room and I got into the bed. I was freezing; he laughed quietly and slipped under the blankets with me. “Why did she hit you?” he asked as I laid my head on his chest.
“You know the big lily I painted on the wall?”
“Yeah what about it?”
“She said that she wanted lily’s not a lily.”
“That’s nothing” he shook his head, “I hate that she hits you for no reason” he sighed. I hugged him,
“I know, but there is nothing anyone can do, she’s my mom. No one can tell her she isn’t aloud to hit me”
“Yeah I guess” I listened to his steady heart beat, it worked like a lullaby and I fell asleep.
When I woke up Sam was on the end of the bed staring at me. I stretched in William’s grip and looked at her.
“What’s going on with you two, you’re in the same bed you are always together. I’m pretty sure you weren’t here when I went to sleep”
“Sam calm down! Nothing is happening between us.”
“I don’t believe you” she said I looked at her and shook my head.
“He just knows a lot more then you do, I was upset last night and came here”
“What does he know that I don’t?” she asked, I rolled my eyes. Do I tell her? Or do I lie? Or do I just tell her something random?
“It was my mom” I said, William’s arms loosened around me and he yawned, a sign he’d woken up.
“What did she do?” I looked up at William, he was rubbing his eyes his mouth open as he yawned again.
“She beats me for no reason” I admitted, her mouth fell open in shock. I laughed at her, it wasn’t that surprising.
“That’s mean!” she pouted,
“Now do you believe me and William aren’t together?” she shook her head.
“Nope” I laughed
“You’re a stubborn one” she smiled at me and hopped of the bed, and left the room. Once she left William lowered his arms and hugged me again.
“Are you okay?” he asked concerned, I smiled and nodded.
“I’m fine” he tightened his grip and his heart started racing again, did I mention I was still listening to his heart?
“Annabelle, where is your dad?” he struggled to say the words, I looked up at him.
“Will, I don’t know my dad. Jenna was a prostitute and one of the guys that paid her is him”
“Is that why she treats you like she does? Because you weren’t planed?” I nodded as a tear rolled down my cheek landing on his chest. I hid my face in his chest crying. He patted the top of my head. “It’s ok” he cooed, I shook my head,
“No it’s not” I said, my words muffled. I lifted my head to look at him. “How is it ok when your own mother hates you?” I asked the tears running like rivers down my cheeks. He wiped away the tears from my eyes. “Exactly it’s not.” He hugged me close to him. Running his long fingered threw my hair,
“Annabelle, please calm down.” William begged. “If you keep crying you’re going to make me cry”
“I’m sorry” I clung tight to his frame. Never wanting to let go, his mom walked in and looked at us. She turned around and walked back out. I felt William’s breath on my head. I shut my eyes. Just listening to everything around me. My stomach growled loudly,
“When was the last time you ate?” he asked, I just shrugged,
“I think it was breakfast yesterday with you” his eyes widened,
“You need to eat girl!” He hopped out of bed almost dragging me across the bed with him. “Come on or I’ll carry you down” I laughed as stayed lying on the bed. “Don’t make me” he warned. I sat there and stared at him. He picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.
“Put me down!” I yelled as he took slow steps down the stairs. I gave up and dangled there. Sam laughed when she saw us, me over William’s shoulder which not to mention is very uncomfortable. He sat me down at the table.
“Good morning you two.” his mom greeted as he walked into the kitchen. I looked around, William put to eggs in a pan.
“You like egg yeah?” he asked turning to me, I smiled and nodded.
“Will one day you are going to come to my house and I’ll be an egg.” Sam was at the door and laughed at my comment. But it was true; I eat A LOT of eggs. There was a knock at the door, my heart started racing.
“Well who could be coming this early?” his mom said cheerfully. And walked to the front door. Oh god I hope it’s not her.
“What?”
“I hate to admit it but you did a good job twit” I nodded and went to go back to sleep. Slap. “I didn’t tell you, you could sleep yet!” I put my hand on the cheek she’d slapped. Only to be slapped again “Did I say one lily or did I say lily’s?” she asked,
“Lily’s” I said quietly
“Exactly! Why have I got one big lily in the middle of the kitchen?”
“I’m going to do small lily’s tomorrow” another slap,
“That’s what you said yesterday you little brat!”
“I promise I will” another slap and she stormed off. I curled up and cried, I stood up and walked out side, I was in shorts and a singlet. The night’s cold air hit me. I ignored it and walked next door. I grabbed a rock off the floor and threw it at William’s window. No answer, I picked up another one and threw it. This time William’s figure appeared in the window rubbing his eyes lightly. He looked down at me; I waved my arms in the air. He disappeared from the window and just as quickly was at the door.
“Annabelle is that you?” he asked his voice tired.
“Yeah” I walked closer to the door,
“Why are you here?” he asked yawning.
“She hit me again, I didn’t want to stay there, sorry if you want I’ll go” I turned around and started to walk back to the house. He ran up and grabbed my arm.
“No, stay” he said. He pulled me inside and up to his room making sure he didn’t make much noise. We got into his room and I got into the bed. I was freezing; he laughed quietly and slipped under the blankets with me. “Why did she hit you?” he asked as I laid my head on his chest.
“You know the big lily I painted on the wall?”
“Yeah what about it?”
“She said that she wanted lily’s not a lily.”
“That’s nothing” he shook his head, “I hate that she hits you for no reason” he sighed. I hugged him,
“I know, but there is nothing anyone can do, she’s my mom. No one can tell her she isn’t aloud to hit me”
“Yeah I guess” I listened to his steady heart beat, it worked like a lullaby and I fell asleep.
When I woke up Sam was on the end of the bed staring at me. I stretched in William’s grip and looked at her.
“What’s going on with you two, you’re in the same bed you are always together. I’m pretty sure you weren’t here when I went to sleep”
“Sam calm down! Nothing is happening between us.”
“I don’t believe you” she said I looked at her and shook my head.
“He just knows a lot more then you do, I was upset last night and came here”
“What does he know that I don’t?” she asked, I rolled my eyes. Do I tell her? Or do I lie? Or do I just tell her something random?
“It was my mom” I said, William’s arms loosened around me and he yawned, a sign he’d woken up.
“What did she do?” I looked up at William, he was rubbing his eyes his mouth open as he yawned again.
“She beats me for no reason” I admitted, her mouth fell open in shock. I laughed at her, it wasn’t that surprising.
“That’s mean!” she pouted,
“Now do you believe me and William aren’t together?” she shook her head.
“Nope” I laughed
“You’re a stubborn one” she smiled at me and hopped of the bed, and left the room. Once she left William lowered his arms and hugged me again.
“Are you okay?” he asked concerned, I smiled and nodded.
“I’m fine” he tightened his grip and his heart started racing again, did I mention I was still listening to his heart?
“Annabelle, where is your dad?” he struggled to say the words, I looked up at him.
“Will, I don’t know my dad. Jenna was a prostitute and one of the guys that paid her is him”
“Is that why she treats you like she does? Because you weren’t planed?” I nodded as a tear rolled down my cheek landing on his chest. I hid my face in his chest crying. He patted the top of my head. “It’s ok” he cooed, I shook my head,
“No it’s not” I said, my words muffled. I lifted my head to look at him. “How is it ok when your own mother hates you?” I asked the tears running like rivers down my cheeks. He wiped away the tears from my eyes. “Exactly it’s not.” He hugged me close to him. Running his long fingered threw my hair,
“Annabelle, please calm down.” William begged. “If you keep crying you’re going to make me cry”
“I’m sorry” I clung tight to his frame. Never wanting to let go, his mom walked in and looked at us. She turned around and walked back out. I felt William’s breath on my head. I shut my eyes. Just listening to everything around me. My stomach growled loudly,
“When was the last time you ate?” he asked, I just shrugged,
“I think it was breakfast yesterday with you” his eyes widened,
“You need to eat girl!” He hopped out of bed almost dragging me across the bed with him. “Come on or I’ll carry you down” I laughed as stayed lying on the bed. “Don’t make me” he warned. I sat there and stared at him. He picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.
“Put me down!” I yelled as he took slow steps down the stairs. I gave up and dangled there. Sam laughed when she saw us, me over William’s shoulder which not to mention is very uncomfortable. He sat me down at the table.
“Good morning you two.” his mom greeted as he walked into the kitchen. I looked around, William put to eggs in a pan.
“You like egg yeah?” he asked turning to me, I smiled and nodded.
“Will one day you are going to come to my house and I’ll be an egg.” Sam was at the door and laughed at my comment. But it was true; I eat A LOT of eggs. There was a knock at the door, my heart started racing.
“Well who could be coming this early?” his mom said cheerfully. And walked to the front door. Oh god I hope it’s not her.